79 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACDBC EEFGGF| I do not write of love I am no lover | A |
| I do not write of beauty I have no woman | B |
| I do not write of gentleness but the human | B |
| rudeness I see And my pleasures are all over | A |
| so I do not try to write of pleasure but only | C |
| misery Favors No I am on my own | D |
| I do not write of riches I have none | B |
| Or of life at court when I'm far from it and lonely | C |
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| I do not write of health for I'm often ill | E |
| I cannot write of France from a Roman hill | E |
| Or honor I see so little of that about | F |
| I cannot write of friendship but only pretence | G |
| I will not write of virtue here in its absence | G |
| Or knowledge or faith in ignorance and doubt | F |
Joachim Du Bellay
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